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  1. 1. CONSTRUCTIVISM PART 2
  2. 2. The Passive Classroom SHARE YOUR OPINION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING ILLUSTRATIONS!
  3. 3. HOW DOES CONSTRUCTIVISM DEAL WITH TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS? In the constructivist classroom, the focus tends to create an interactive condition between the teacher and the students. In this case, the classroom is no longer a place where the teacher pours knowledge into passive students, who wait like empty vessels to be filled.
  4. 4. In the constructivist classroom, the students are urged to be actively involved in their own process of learning. In the constructivist classroom, the teacher is a facilitator who coaches, mediates, suggests, and helps students develop and assess their understanding in learning process.
  5. 5. In the constructivist classroom, the teacher and the students do not think of knowledge as an information to be memorized, but as a dynamic, ever-changing view of the world we live in, and the ability to successfully achieve and explore that view.
  6. 6. IN A CONSTRUCTIVIST CLASSROOM, LEARNING IS:
  7. 7. 1. Constructed Students come to learning situation with already formulated knowledge, ideas, and understandings. This previous knowledge is the raw material for the new knowledge they will construct and create.
  8. 8. The teacher coaches, moderates, suggests, but allows the students to conduct experiment, ask questions, or try things that do not work. Learning activities require the students' full participation, such as the hands-on experiments, etc. An important part of the learning process is that students actively talk about their activities. 2. Active
  9. 9. Students control their own learning process, and they lead the way by reflecting on their experiences. This process makes them experts of their own learning. The teacher helps to create situations where the students feel safe questioning and reflecting on their own processes, either privately or in group discussions. 3. Reflective
  10. 10. The constructivist classroom relies heavily on collaboration among students. The students not only learn from themselves, but also from their peers. When students review and reflect on their learning process together, they can pick up strategies and methods from one another. 4. Collaborative
  11. 11. The main activity in a constructivist classroom is solving problems. Students use inquiry methods to ask questions, investigate a topic, and use a variety of resources to find solutions and answers. Students explore the topic and draw conclusions. Exploration of a topic leads to more questions. 5. Inquiry-Based
  12. 12. Students have ideas that they may later see were invalid, incorrect, or insufficient to explain new experiences. These ideas are temporary steps in the integration of knowledge. Constructivist teaching takes into account students current conceptions and builds from there. 6. Evolving